# Lamont Cranston **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869 "2015-01-25T16:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/61 "2015-01-28T02:12:21Z")
> [@breezman](#): > > \<\< clipped \>\> > EDIT: I’ll fess up. Until I googled, I thought that Lamont Cranston was a character in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Since I’m not familiar with that work, which character were you thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/62 "2015-01-28T14:40:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Name some other radio actors and let us try to guess which character(s) they voiced… Not precisely a radio actor, since these were TV occurrences, but - Thurl Ravenscroft. Everyone has heard at least one of his two most famous voice roles, and usually both. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/63 "2015-01-28T14:43:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Who often goes by the name of Sebastian Toombs? Simon Templar, a.k.a. The Saint ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/64 "2015-01-28T16:54:06Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > Not precisely a radio actor, since these were TV occurrences, but - Thurl Ravenscroft. > > Everyone has heard at least one of his two most famous voice roles, and usually both. The (singing?) voice of The Grinch, and also Tony the Tiger. Who was the narrator on _Super Friends_? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/65 "2015-01-28T17:01:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Who was the narrator on _Super Friends_? The answer you’re probably looking for is Ted Knight, but that was only true of the first season (the one with Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog). In subsequent seasons, the narrator was [Bill Woodson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Woodson). And no, I didn’t know that without Googling it! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/66 "2015-01-28T17:20:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Since I’m not familiar with that work, which character were you thinking of? I’m guessing he just figured _evil in the hearts of men…evil…heart…of…darkness…?_ ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/67 "2015-01-28T17:22:12Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m guessing he just figured _evil in the hearts of men…evil…heart…of…darkness…?_ “Mistah Cranston…he _dead_.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/68 "2015-01-28T19:41:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m guessing he just figured _evil in the hearts of men…evil…heart…of…darkness…?_ Sounds good to me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869/69 "2015-01-29T01:52:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m guessing he just figured _evil in the hearts of men…evil…heart…of…darkness…?_ That’s pretty much it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamont-cranston/710869.md?page=3)